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Original reading apparatus

US4688930A · kind A · utility

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2References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 1986
Grant dateAug 25, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An original reading apparatus capable of scanning separately a first area and a second area of an original to be reproduced, includes an original supporting table for supporting thereon an original having the first area and the second area; a scanner for optically scanning the original placed on the original supporting table, wherein the first area and the second area is in series in a direction of a scan of the scanner; driver for driving the scanner selectively in a first mode wherein the scanner first scans the first area of the original and automatically and sequentially scans the second area of the original and in a second mode wherein the scanner first scans the second area of the original and automatically and sequentially scans the first area of the original; and a selector for selecting one from the first mode and the second mode.

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